A real photo postcard with "Elmer, age 6, Clair, age 7."

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Judging by the American flag and other decorations that the boy has on his bike in this somewhat battered photo, I suspect that he rode it in a Fourth of July bike parade. If that's the case, he probably received the book he's holding in his hand as a prize for participating in the parade. (By the way, after searching for images on Google, I was surprised to see how popular Fourth of July bike parades seem to be.)

Although the book cover is difficult to make out, it looks like the blurry title starts with the words "Tom Swift," and the shadowy images seem to correspond to the submarine and octupus that appear on the covers of early editions of Tom Swift and His Jetmarine.

Since this Tom Swift title was first published in 1954, it's likely that this boy rode his bike in a Fourth of July parade that year or sometime later in the 1950s.

Posted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the theme of Fourth of July (flags, fireworks, patriotic, freedom, red-white-blue, barbeques, etc.).

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Holiday greetings to all my Flickr friends!

Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Handwritten on the front of this real photo postcard: "Aug. 28, '07. Dear Grandma: I told you I was coming Thursday, a [week?]. How do you like Helen and I? I am not very well, Mary."

Addressed to: Mrs. Mary E. Mock, Stoyestown, Pa., Route 2.

Postmarked: Friedens, Pa., Aug. 28, 1907.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo of squinting into the sun (subjects obviously struggling to keep eyes open while facing into the sun for the photographer; borrowed from a Flickr group). For additional examples, see my album of Vintage Squinters.

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See also Skip Just Had to Sample His Birthday Cake.

Handwritten on the back of this snapshot: "Skip, 3 years, 1957."

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